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befool
/ bɪˈfuːl /
verb
- tr to make a fool of
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Ask questions without seeming to ask them, and ask them in such a way as to befool those you ask.
He thought to befool me with his ill-thought-out plans—me who learnt wisdom before he was born.
They can befool one who is very wise, and often they have set the simple in the paths of prudence.
Didst thou not send Skirnir to Gymer's dwelling to befool Gymer's flighty daughter?
Or was he a very clever scoundrel, with irony lurking in his soft voice, and a chuckle that he could so befool me?
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